Independence Day of Namibian

AU EVENTS

Past, Present & Future

Details: Hits: 1198

March 21, 2023

Independence Day of Namibian, 21 March

History of Namibian Independence Day

The European powers started to show an interest in the region at the start of the nineteenth century. In 1884, fearing the British were about to take control of the whole of Southern Africa, Namibia was made a German colony called German South West Africa. Following Germany's defeat in the First World War, the League of Nations mandated South Africa, who had occupied the country during the war, to administer the territory.

In April 1946, after the Second World War, the League of Nations was dissolved and succeeded by the United Nations. The UN instituted a Trusteeship system to bring all the former German colonies in Africa under UN control.

South Africa refused to give up control, arguing that a majority of the territory's people were content with South African rule. While the region wasn't formally made part of South Africa, it was essentially treated as such and was called South-West Africa.